During the 100 -hour war between India and Pakistan in May 2025, Islamabad fired a barrage of drones and missiles on enemy military establishments and civilian population.
The biggest wave was in late May 8 and early 9 May; Between 300 and 400 dronesAnd more than a dozen missiles attacked 36 towns or cities from Srinagar in Jammu and spread about 1,300 km along the Line of Control and International Border to Jaisalmer in Kashmir in Rajasthan.
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One of these vast majority was shot down, and those who were not neutral, ie, electronically disabled, thanks to India’s ‘Iron Dome’,-Acified Counter-Gairman Aerial System, or C-UAS.
Shot -Down -Downing Projects, a new conspiracy emerged – a connivance between Pakistan and Turkey, and Azerbaijan, who all share a fast strong economic and military relations, not to mention their general Islamic heritage.
‘three brothers’
Historically each has supported the other; Turkey and Pakistan were quick to identify Azerbaijan after the Soviet Union fell, and Turkey and Pakistan have a growing symbiotic military relationship, which was reluctant to each side to depend on the West or China.
And oil -rich Azerbaijan has quietly become a major source of assistance and investment for Pakistan; In February 2025, for example, Baku committed $ 2 billion in infrastructure, energy and mining.
‘Three Brothers’ – Türkiye, Pakistan and Azerbaijan. Photo Credit: Google Maps
Baku and Islamabad also made arms deals, and later during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, East and Ankara included Azerbaijan and Armenia.
Incidentally, India has emerged as a supporter of Armenia.
In 2024, Delhi became the largest defense supplier of Jerevan after a deal of $ 2 billion, including sales of indigenously developed Akash Missile System, which placed the Turkish-Narrian Pak drone in the Gulf.
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There has also been economic support – in banking, trade and tourism, in other areas – which is important that the three are ‘Far East’ and the ancient trade corridors connecting Europe.
Pak PM Shahbaz Sharif and Azerbaijan President Ilhm Alive (File).
Nexus also combines a significant general diplomat, or ‘soft’, power, which can be used in Pak, Central Asia, and even to project geo -political influences on the east side to East, with analysts also indicate the ‘influence and influence between Muslims’ of Islamabad.
These, then, are ‘three brothers’, against whom, in fact, India fought a 100 -hour war.
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Of course, there was a Pak face, the Turkish weapon hand, and Azerbaijan received assistance by removing the flood of disintegration and propaganda demanding Delhi’s military functions.
Turkish angle
Now, many of the Pak drones, who attacked India last week, were Turkish-made.
These include Asisguard SongsWhich can transmit live videos and carry weapons, and bayraktar TB2, a moderate-height, long-lasting UCAV, or unmanned combat aerial vehicle.
That foreign-manufactured/foreign-affected weapons were used, it was not surprising; Pakistan also deployed Chinese -made JF -17 fighters and fired PL -15 air -to -air missiles sold by Beijing, such as French -made Rafaels, Israeli drones and Russian missiles in India in their huge arsenal.
The rubble of a Turkish-made Pakistani drone shot at J&K.
But Ankara Link – A link reinforced by a warship docking and a possible arms shipment distributed by a C -130 military transport, day ago Operation vermilion – Rised eyebrows.
Turkey insisted that no weapon was supplied and the warship’s journey was naval etiquette.
Clearly, however, weapons have been supplied.
Turkish-Pak weapon deal
In the last several years, Ankara and Islamabad have taken forward defense relations in a judicious manner.
For example, the Pakistan Air Force now flies over more than three dozen United States -built F -16 fighter jets, upgraded by Turkish Aerospace Industries to a $ 75 million deal.
A Turkish company was given $ 20 million to develop electronic war training centers.
According to the Manohar Parrikar Institute – for the Pak Navy – another, another got a $ 80 million contract for the design and construction of a fleet tanker – “capable of conducting a variety of marine, including provision of logistic support to other ships by moving fuel by transferring fuel”.
Advanced submarines cost $ 350 million, electronic targeting equipment costs $ 50 million and had a $ 1.5 billion deal for four Turkish warships with anti-hydroelectric capabilities.
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There was also a deal of another $ 1.5 billion for 30 attack helicopters-advanced version of the Italian-built A-129-but returned to it after receiving the Z-10mes of Islamabad China.
Turkey has sold arms to Pakistan, and was used by those who had no real impact for effective counterators against India. Delhi has not yet done, and perhaps it is unlikely, take it with Ankara, but sources have said that the India-Turkish relationship can be re-evaluated.
Citizens have been pushed against Türkiye; Tourists and Bollywood, perhaps two of Ankara’s most attractive imports from Delhi, have gone on a ‘boycott Turkish’ drive.
Azerbaijan has also come for criticism of the Indian public.
It has not yet been affected by Turkish President Recepting Tayip Erdogan, at least, whose stature of height as a ‘global politician’, first, after the war, is growing face to face after the host of Russia-Ukraine peace talks. Erdogan has repeated support for his ‘dear brother’, Pak Shehbaz Sharif.
Precious @Cmshehbaz My brother,
Türkiye- The brotherhood of Pakistan, which has given very few nations in the world, is one of the best examples of real friendship. , https://t.co/nepsq2lr3o
– Recep Type Erdogan (@rtterdogan) May 13, 2025
Erdogan, in fact, has visited Pak six times since becoming President in 2003.
Business ‘Business’
Therefore, if India’s trade is to take a hit with the other two ‘brothers’, then how much are we talking?
Exports to Türkiye were $ 5.2 billion between April 2024 and February 2025. It was $ 6.65 billion in 2023/24 and is only $ 437 billion of India’s total exports.
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The export to Azerbaijan between April 2024 and February 2025 was only $ 86.07 million, against $ 89.67 million in 2023/24. This is only 0.02 percent of India’s total outbound shipment.
The joint, import amount is less than 0.6 percent.
Therefore, there is a business surplus, even if it is not big.
‘Three Brothers vs India?
The 100-hour war emphasized two digits.
The first-Indian Army is cleverly clever, it has a powerful arsenal of short-to-medium-medium, and long-range missiles and drones, supported by the squadron of the effective, if the old, fighter jets, all are protected behind a reliable, grounded air defense system that is capable of soft and rigid murders.
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This protection is provided by India’s ‘Iron Dome’ – within which seats various radar arrays to detect, identify and track the dangers of potential aircraft. The counterichers are then deployed, in which the interceptors are fired from the sky or from the Russian -made S -400, from jamming the signal.
Russian-made S-400 missile defense systems were used to combat Pak threats (file).
Second – ‘Three Brothers’ Nexus needs to be taken seriously, so more and more in Islamabad seems to have a gentle change for Ankara from Washington (and perhaps Beijing).
And Delhi is doing this. In Europe, for example, there is military support to engage with Armenia (to combat Azerbaijan) and Greece -backed Cyprus (to offset Turkey).
Planned India-Mid is also a pre-europe-economic corridor, and does not include the fact that it is not included or passed through Türkiye or Azerbaijan.
India will probably continue to engage Turkey and Azerbaijan, as it does not understand to cut itself from the major powers in the Central Asian region, but Delhi must be looking closely at the ‘Three Brothers’, where the need was, it is moving forward for the reflection or support.
With input from agencies
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